| Country | Sovereign | Born | Acceded | ||
| Brazil | Emperor Pedro II | 2 Dec | 1825 | 7 Apr | 1831 |
| British Empire | Queen Victoria | 24 May | 1819 | 20 Jun | 1837 |
| Persia | Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | 16 Jul | 1831 | 5 Sep | 1848 |
| Austro-Hungarian Empire | Emperor Franz Joseph I | 18 Aug | 1830 | 2 Dec | 1848 |
| Netherlands & Luxemburg | King Willem III | 19 Feb | 1817 | 17 Mar | 1849 |
| Monaco | Prince Charles III | 8 Dec | 1818 | 20 Jun | 1856 |
| Liechtenstein | Prince Johann II | 5 Oct | 1840 | 12 Nov | 1858 |
| Montenegro | Prince Nikola | 7 Oct | 1841 | 13 Aug | 1860 |
| Portugal | King Luis I | 31 Oct | 1838 | 11 Nov | 1861 |
| Greece | King George I | 24 Dec | 1845 | 30 Mar | 1863 |
| Denmark | King Christian IX | 8 Apr | 1818 | 16 Nov | 1863 |
| Korea | King Gojong | 8 Sep | 1852 | 13 Dec | 1863 |
| Belgium | King Leopold II | 9 Apr | 1835 | 17 Dec | 1865 |
| Roumania | King Carol I | 20 Apr | 1839 | 20 Apr | 1866 |
| Japan | Emperor Mutsuhito | 3 Nov | 1852 | 3 Feb | 1867 |
| Siam | King Chulalongkorn | 20 Sep | 1853 | 1 Oct | 1868 |
| Sweden & Norway | King Oscar II | 21 Jan | 1829 | 18 Sep | 1872 |
| Morocco | Sultan Hassan I | 1836 | 16 Sep | 1873 | |
| Hawaii | King Kalākaua | 16 Nov | 1836 | 12 Feb | 1874 |
| Sikkim | Chogyal Thutob Namgyal | 1860 | 1874 | ||
| Chinese Empire | Guangxu Emperor | 14 Aug | 1871 | 25 Feb | 1875 |
| Ottoman Empire | Sultan Abdul Hamid II | 22 Sep | 1842 | 31 Aug | 1876 |
| Italy | King Umberto I | 14 Mar | 1844 | 9 Jan | 1878 |
| Egypt | Khedive Tewfik Pasha | 15 Nov | 1852 | 26 Jun | 1879 |
| Afghanistan | Emir Abdur Rahman Khan | 31 May | 1880 | ||
| Russian Empire | Emperor Alexander III | 10 Mar | 1845 | 13 Mar | 1881 |
| Nepal | King Prithvi | 18 August | 1875 | 17 May | 1881 |
| Madagascar | Queen Ranavalona III | 22 Nov | 1861 | 30 Jul | 1883 |
| Spain | King Alfonso XIII | 17 May | 1886 | 17 May | 1886 |
| Bulgaria | Prince Ferdinand I | 26 Feb | 1861 | 7 Jul | 1887 |
| Zanzibar | Sultan Khalifah bin Said | 1852 | 26 Mar | 1888 | |
| Muscat & Oman | Sultan Feisal bin Turki | 1864 | 4 Jun | 1888 | |
| German Empire | Emperor Wilhelm II | 27 Jan | 1859 | 15 Jun | 1888 |
| Servia | King Alexander I | 14 Aug | 1876 | 6 Mar | 1889 |
| Abyssinia | Emperor Menelik II | 17 Aug | 1844 | 9 Mar | 1889 |
